Hospital Rights- bump please --- policy shmolicy

Well on FB this am one mama was frustrated about "hospital policy" please know
Hospital policy has nothing to to with the
LAW and your rights.

This link is an over view of your rights. There are more sites but please don't feel like you have to:
Have an IV or a hep lock
Only have ice chips
No food
Constant monitoring
Restricted movement
They can't take the baby to the nursery
Episiotomy
And so much more.

Comments (168)

I'm thinking of refusing the hep/saline lock, but I'm doing a vbac, so I don't know how that will go down. I'm phobic about anything that punctures the skin and would really rather not have it while laboring. :(

I am supposed to get a blood clotting medication when I go into labor "just in case" and it is generally administered via IV. However it can also be given via a shot.

I think I will allow them a single try to get an IV in and if they fail I will tell them "no more, thanks" and go without unless medically necessary.

Also my mother is a nurse and pretty incredible at putting in IVs (she's done mine before) so I may have her do it, since I know she will be extra gentle and not do that digging around thing they always want to do.

I've found that declining the heplock and CFM are the two things most OBs get kind of pissy about with VBAC pts, at least IME. I just had this conversation with an OB today and I'm pretty sure she was secretly wishing she could tape my mouth shut. LOL.

Sydney, I know that the CP wasn't quite avoidable, but from what she told me, her daughter had a brain bleed, her left side of her head was purple and they took too long to stop the bleed and now the whole left side of her brain does not function.

She also said when her sister delivered there, the nurse whipped off the blankets when their dad walked in exposing her. It just worries me about how my experience will go.

I didn't have a choice in hospitals but mine is pretty lax.. Which is surprising for a military hospital. When I went in the you're the told me they would rather I didn't eat solid foods during labor just in case I Need an emergency c- section but if I really want to I can.